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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Caroline?
(a) Lady Helen Clyde's maid and Denton's girlfriend.
(b) Olivia Odell's best friend.
(c) Sopha Odell's maid.
(d) Inspector Lynley's secretary.

2. Where does Roberta Teys go every day to read the local paper?
(a) The Keldale library.
(b) St. Catherine's Church.
(c) Keldale Lodge.
(d) Rose Cottage.

3. What beverage does Sergeant Barbara Havers drink instead of alcohol?
(a) Iced tea.
(b) Lemonade.
(c) Diet cola.
(d) Tonic water.

4. What evidence is lacking at the scene of William Teys' murder?
(a) Videotape from the security camera.
(b) Footprints.
(c) Fingerprints and blood spatter.
(d) The murder weapon.

5. At the end of Chapter 5, to where does Stepha Odell inform Inspector Lynley that Roberta Teys has been sent?
(a) The hospital emergency ward.
(b) A mental asylum.
(c) Scotland Yard.
(d) The local jail.

6. In what part of England has William Teys been murdered?
(a) Sussex.
(b) Yorkshire.
(c) Liverpool.
(d) Belgravia.

7. What is the relationship between Superintendent Webberly and Sir David Hillier?
(a) They are best friends.
(b) They are coworkers and brothers-in-law.
(c) They are stepbrothers.
(d) They are cousins.

8. At what train station does Father Hart disembark?
(a) Vauxhall.
(b) Waterloo.
(c) King's Cross.
(d) Victoria.

9. What does Simon Allcourt-St. James do for a living?
(a) He's an investment agent.
(b) He's a forensic scientist.
(c) He's a movie producer.
(d) He's a veterinarian.

10. What do Danny and Ezra Farmington find at Keldale Abbey three years prior to William Teys' murder?
(a) An abandoned baby.
(b) A suitcase filled with counterfeit money.
(c) A murdered priest.
(d) A stolen emerald necklace.

11. What photographs hanging on the walls of Superintendent Webberly's office are studied by Inspector Lynley in Chapter 3?
(a) Photos of the royal family of England.
(b) Photos of a beautiful young actress.
(c) Photos of Superintendent Webberly's pet cat.
(d) Photos of the Ripper's victims.

12. Who discovers William Teys' body?
(a) Olivia Odell.
(b) Father Hart.
(c) Stepha Odell.
(d) Gillian Teys.

13. What is the first name of Richard Gibson's wife?
(a) Madeline.
(b) Olivia.
(c) Caroline.
(d) Marsha.

14. Who is Dr. Samuels?
(a) Roberta Teys' psychiatrist at the asylum.
(b) Paul Odell's doctor.
(c) Jimmy Havers' doctor.
(d) A history professor who once taught Gillian.

15. To what city is Father Hart traveling by train in the novel's opening scene?
(a) Edinburgh.
(b) London.
(c) Dublin.
(d) Liverpool.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not a statement Father Hart uses to describe himself in the opening scene when imagining how the woman seated next to him perceives him?

2. What has the London press dubbed the person responsible for the murders in the train stations?

3. What is Richard Gibson's relationship to William Teys?

4. When Bridie Odell cuts her hair, whose hairstyle is she trying to copy?

5. What does Jimmy Havers refuse to do, even though it would improve his health?

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